Non-refillable bottle.



H. O. BECKER.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED PEB.24,191 2.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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HENRY C. BECKER, OF FORT RILEY, KANSAS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

Application filed. February 24, 1912. Serial No. 679,591.

T 0 all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, I'IENRY C. BECKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Riley, in the county of Geary and State of Kansas, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of whichthe following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a bottle that cannot beconveniently refilled after the original contents thereof have beenWithdrawn therefrom.

The invention embodies, among other features, a bottle provided withmeans whereby, when the original contents of the bottle have beenremoved therefrom, a refilling of the bottle through the medium of theneck thereof will be prevented.

In the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of mybottle, showing the same in position for filling. Fig. 2 is a similarvertical sectional View showing the bottle ready for use after beingfilled, the various parts in position for preventing the refilling ofthe bottle when the original contents have been withdrawn therefrom.Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the valve members. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the other valve member. Fig. 5 is a horizontalsectional View taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the views, use is made of a bottle 10consisting of a body 11 and a neck 12 suitably mounted on a seat 18,formed on the body 11 of the bottle, it being readily understood thatthe neck 12 can be also fused to the body of the bottle. Formed in theneck 12 is a conically shaped guard plate 14 provided with apertures 15and mounted to slide in the neck beneath the conical guard plate 14 is avalve member 16 mounted to operate with a second valve member 17,rigidly positioned within the neck 12. The valve member 16 is providedwith an upper opening 18 and a side opening 19 and the stationary valvemember 17 is provided with a lower opening 20 and a side opening 21, theside openings 19 and 21 of the valve members 16 and 17 respectivelybeing out of register when the valve member 16 is in normal or closedposition as shown in Fig. 2, the mentioned openings 19 and 20 beingadapted to register when the valve member 16 is in openposition.Depcndingly mounted on the under side of the valve member 16 is a rod22, having secured to the lower end thereof a stopper 23 mounted toengage the upper end of the body 11 to close the same, it beingunderstood that the stopper 23 will be in closed position when the valvemember 16. is in closed position, the mentioned stopper being movablewith the valve member. EX- tcnding upwardly from the valve member 16 isa frangible rod 24 provided with a weakened portion 25, the said rodbeing slidably extended through one of the apertures 15 in the conicallyshaped plate 14 with the upper end of the rod bent to form a handle 26,arranged exteriorly of the neck 12.

In the use of the device when it is de sired to initially till thebottle, an upward pull is exerted on the handle 26, thus opcrating thevalve 16 and stopper 23, it being understood that the side opening 19 ofthe valve member will register with the side opening 21 of thestationary valve member, the stopper 23 being moved upwardly a distancefrom the upper end of the body 11. The lluid is now poured into the neck12 and passing through the apertures 15 in the conical guard plate 14will flow downwardly from the upper opening 18 in the valve member 16,thence through the side opening 19 of the valve member 16 and the sideopening 21 of the valve member 17, after which the fluid will flowdownwardly through the opening 20 in the valve member 17 thence past thestopper 23 into the body 11. WVhen the body has been filled to thedesired height, the handle 26 is twisted, thus causing the frangible rod24 to break at the weakened portion 25, it being understood that theweakened portion 25 will be positioned adjacent the conical guard plate14 when the valve member 16 is in its uppermost position and when thefrangible rod 24 has been broken as mentioned, the valve member 16 willgravitationally move downward and assume a closed position, thus alsocausing the rod 23 to move downwardly and close the opening to the body11, the apertures 19 and 21 being now out of register. By referring toFig. 2, it will be seen that a portion of the frangible rod 24 willstill extend upwardly from the valve member 16, the mentioned portionbeing below the conical guard plate 14: and by restricting the length sothat the mentioned portion will not project beyond the conical guardplate 141:, thus preventing any persons from grasping the same andholding the valve member 16 and stopper 23 in open position.

Now when it is desired to pour fluid from the bottle, the body 11 istilted, thus caus ing the valve member 16 to gravitationally assume anopen position with the aperture 19 registering with the aperture 21, thestopper 23 being movable gravitationally with the valve member 16 toopen the body 11 so that the fluid in the body can flow through theopening 20, thence through the openings 21 and 19 and then through theupper opening 18 of the valve member 16, after which the fluid will flowoutwardly through the apertures 15 and the conical guard plate 14 aswill be readily understood.

With a device of the class described itwill be readily seen that thebody 11 of the bottle cannot be conveniently refilled by pouring a fluidinto the neck of the bottle, after the original contents have once beendrawn therefrom and it will be further seen that by providing theconical guard plate let the insertion of a tool or wire in the neck. ofthe bottle to operate the valve member 16, will be prevented.

I claim In a non refillable bottle, the combination with a bottle body,of a neck thereon, an apertured conical guard plate formed with in thesaid neck, a stationary valve member secured within the said neck andprovided with a plurality of openings, a slidable valve member mountedwithin the said neck and "provided with a plurality of openings, one

of the openings in the said slidable valve member being adapted toregister with one of the openings of the stationary valve member whenthe slidable valve member is moved into open position, a rod mounted todepend from the under side of the slidable valve member, a stoppersecured to the lower end of the said rod and movable with the saidslidable member and a frangible rod provided with a weakened portion andextended upwardly from the said slidable valve member to projectexteriorly of the said neck for permittingan initial raising of the saidslidable valve member when an upward pull is exerted 011 the saidfrangible rod.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY C. BECKER.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER M. WRIGHT, EUGENE F. HAHM.

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